Ahmedabad panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 19:13 Moonrise 06:58 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 23.03°, 72.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 19:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:15 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:34
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:13 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:13 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:34
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:32 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:13 – 21:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:36 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:34 – 19:13 | Good |
| Char | 19:13 – 20:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:34 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:15 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:36 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:50 Aries
- 05:50 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:55 Libra
- 18:55 – 21:11 Scorpio
- 21:11 – 23:16 Sagittarius
- 23:16 – 01:03 next day Capricorn
- 01:03 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 04:06 next day Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:46 next day Aries
- 05:46 – 05:58 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method